Author: Ira L. SwettPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electric railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Cars of Sacramento Northern
Author: Ira L. SwettPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electric railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Sacramento Northern
Author: Ira L. SwettPublisher: Pentrex Media Group
ISBN:
Category : Electric railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Sacramento Northern Railway
Author: Paul C. TrimblePublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738530529
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
The Sacramento Northern Railway was once a critical interurban link between California's northern Central Valley communities, the state capital, and the Bay Area. Running through orchards, farmland, swamps, and cities, this electric railway began its life in 1905. Service eventually ran from Chico to Oakland, but after the Bay Bridge opened in 1939, the 186-mile route started in San Francisco's Financial District, crossed the bridge on the lower deck, ran through Contra Costa County towns like Moraga, Lafayette, and Pittsburg, across the Suisun straits on the massive rail ferry Ramon (which could hold an entire train), and into Sacramento, the halfway point. From there, the train continued through rolling hills and farms on to Marysville, and finally to Chico before making its return journey. The Sacramento Northern soldiered on until World War II, but eventually the growing car culture, along with competing diesel railroads, undid this splendid line. Interurban passenger service ended in 1941, and the various lines were gradually abandoned or dieselized. Today a 22-mile segment of the route remains in operation at the Bay Area Electric Railway Museum in Solano County.
Sacramento's Streetcars
Author: William BurgPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439631166
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Until 1947, Sacramentos streetcars linked a bustling downtown district with residential neighborhoods, workplaces, and a growing series of suburbs. Starting with horse-drawn cars on Front Street, the streetcar system owned by the Pacific Gas and Electric Company expanded to include Midtown, Curtis Park, Land Park, Oak Park, and East Sacramento. But PG&E was not alone; two other companies ran streetcar routes downtown, along with suburban lines to West Sacramento, North Sacramento, Rio Linda, Elverta, Colonial Heights, and Colonial Acres. Sacramentans rode the cars to work, to school, to the state fair, and just about anywhere they wanted to go until the streetcars were replaced by buses owned by National City Lines.
The Ports of Sacramento, Stockton, Pittsburg, and Antioch, California
Author: Sacramento's Streetcars
Author: William BurgPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738531472
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Until 1947, Sacramento's streetcars linked a bustling downtown district with residential neighborhoods, workplaces, and a growing series of suburbs. Starting with horse-drawn cars on Front Street, the streetcar system owned by the Pacific Gas and Electric Company expanded to include Midtown, Curtis Park, Land Park, Oak Park, and East Sacramento. But PG&E was not alone; two other companies ran streetcar routes downtown, along with suburban lines to West Sacramento, North Sacramento, Rio Linda, Elverta, Colonial Heights, and Colonial Acres. Sacramentans rode the cars to work, to school, to the state fair, and just about anywhere they wanted to go until the streetcars were replaced by buses owned by National City Lines.
Port Series
Author: Port Series
Author: United States. Board of Engineers for Rivers and HarborsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
Awards ... First Division, National Railroad Adjustment Board
Author: United States. National Railroad Adjustment BoardPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arbitration, Industrial
Languages : en
Pages : 994
Book Description
Decisions
Author: California Public Utilities CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Public utilities
Languages : en
Pages : 1000
Book Description